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Quoth idrinkarum View PostThere's going to be a Dark Crystal Sequel? Do you know I've never actually seen the Dark Crystal. I have it and the 2 times I've tried to watch it, I've slept through the entire thing!
Quoth BookstoreEscapee View PostI think I must see this movie.
There's also a Smurfs film coming out as well (8th September in Ausland)The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
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I'm on the fence with this. Jason Segel is a big plus (who else would do well with the muppets?) but some of the muppets in the previews seem CGI. IMO that's an abomination.
As for the story / movie itself, it looks like it is a typical muppet movie (but isn't that what we love?).Quote Dalesys:
... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"
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Jim was not afraid to use CGI for the Muppets. See his Red Book entry on the matter- http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/04/18/4-1988/
I don't really care for it, but I can see times where it would make sense to use CGI to reduce physical stress on the Muppets' hired hands and for the character to be able to do something that would be impossible with a puppet.
The hand and rod Muppets aren't that heavy- Kermit is about eleven pounds. Having that weight held above the head hurts after a few minutes. Jim Henson spent several hours a day in a 50-gallon steel drum that was submerged in a pond during the 'Rainbow Connection' scene from the Muppet Movie. It took five days to shoot. I know I wouldn't have been able to do that.
The full-body puppets can hurt the preformer(s) too. Jerry Nelson (Floyd; Robin, Kermit's nephew) injured his back while preforming as Snuffy on Sesame Street back in the 1970s.
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YAY!!!! The Mrs & I loved the Muppets,we watched the show every week & saw all the movies.
Too bad Buddy's not around anymore,he was a fan of the show.
In fact,he was a big fan of Ronnie Verrell,the drummer who taught Animal how to play .It almost goes without saying that Ronnie was a fan of Buddy,but the 2 had never met.When they did meet on the show Ronnie was astounded & flattered that Buddy liked his playing so much & the 2 of them got along very well"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you.This is the principal difference between a man and a dog"
Mark Twain
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